SII 12.230: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – No. 230. (A.R. No. 170 of 1918). BRAHMADĒŚAM, VILLUPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE VERANDAH OF THE FIRST PRĀKĀRA IN THE BRAHMAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0230.

Summary: This inscription gives Vīrapratāpa, Bhuvanaikavīra1 and Aḻagiya-Pallava as the titles of Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva. It is dated in the 27th year and records the writ of the officer Kachchiyarāyaṉ issued under orders of the chief to the trustees of the temple of Brahmīśvaram-Uḍaiyār regarding 20 of land which was situated in Paṉaiyūr, a hamlet of Ōgūr and originally granted, free of taxes, for the maintenance of a maṭha. The new order now issued retained only 4 out of 20 of land as maḍappuṟam transferring the remaining 16 as dēvadāna in order to conduct, from its income, a festival on the day of ‘Tiruvōṇam’ the natal star of the chief, to provide 1 padakku of rice daily in the month of Āvaṇi for offerings to the god during the service Aḻagiyapallavaṉ-śandi instituted in his name and for repairs to the temple. The astronomical details of date given correspond to A.D. 1269, November 2, Saturday.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (97de750), last modified (805dabd).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī kopperuñciṅkatevarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 7~vatu vṛścika nāyaṟṟu (rvapa)⟨2⟩kṣattu saptamiyum caṉikkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Aviṭṭattunāḷ nāyaṉār tirumukappaṭi kacciyarāyaṉ Olai [|] (U)⟨3⟩ṭaiyār brahmiśvaramuṭaiya nāyaṉār koyiliṟ tāṉattār kaṇṭu viṭai [|] Okūr paṉaiyūril maṭappuṟa Iṟaiyiliyāy potukiṟa p(e)⟨4⟩rum(pūmi) nilam Irupatu māvile Okūrile nālumā nila maṭappuṟa Iṟaiyiliyāka nikkavum nikki niṉṟa nilam patiṉāṟu māvum piramicura(mu)⟨5⟩ṭaiya nāyaṉārkkut tevatāṉamāka Aṉaittāyaṅkaḷuṅ kāttikaip poṉvariyum Uṭpaṭa Iṟaiyiliyāka Irupatteḻāvatu ⟨6⟩ kāttikai mātamutal Iṭṭom [|] Iṉṉāḷ mutal Iṟaiyili tevatāṉamāka Aṉupavikkavum [|] Iṉṉilat tuṭal koṇ⟨7⟩ṭu (Ā)ṭṭaikku Oru tirunāḷ Āvaṇittirunāḷāka nām piṟantanāḷ tiruvoṇam tirttamāka Eḻuntaruḷappaṇṇavum Aḻakiyapa⟨8⟩llavaṉ canti Eṉṟu nāḷ Oṉṟukkup patakku Arici Amutupaṭi (c)ellavum Amutupaṭikkum tirunāḷukkum veṇṭum Uṭal nikki ⟨9⟩ nikkiniṉṟa Uṭal koṇṭu tiruppaṇi ceyvatākavum coṉṉom [|] Ippaṭi kaṇakkilum niṟu ttuvate [|] Ippaṭikku kalveṭṭikko⟨10⟩ḷvate Eṉṟu Eḻutiya tiruveḻuttu [|]

brahmīśvareśāya mahānubhāvo vīrapratāpo bhuvanaikvīraḥ ~ svanāmasanndhiM śravaṇ(o)⟨11⟩Tsavan tu dadau priya(M) parvvatarājaputryāḥ ~

Ippaṭikku Ivai maḻa(varā)yaṉ Eḻuttu [|] kacciyarāyaveḷā ṉeḻuttu [|] Irāku⟨12⟩ttarāyaveḷā ṉeḻuttu [|] Irācanārāyaṇaveḷā ṉeḻuttu [|] I⟨p⟩paṭikku panmāheśvara rakṣai [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.230 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 144, item 230.

Notes

  1. 1. Cf. with the title Jagadēkavīra in No. 120 above.